I had asked a similar question on stackoverflow but didn't really get anywhere.
This page shows the output that I'm currently getting from my MSSQL server.
I have a table of venue information (name, address, etc...) that our events happen on. Separately, I have a table of the actual events that are scheduled (an event may happen multiple times in one day and/or over multiple days). I join those tables with this query:
<?php
try {
$dbh = new PDO("sqlsrv:Server=localhost;Database=Sermons", "", "");
$dbh->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
$sql = "SELECT TOP (100) PERCENT dbo.TblSermon.Day, dbo.TblSermon.Date, dbo.TblSermon.Time, dbo.TblSermon.Speaker, dbo.TblSermon.Series, dbo.TblSermon.Sarasota, dbo.TblSermon.NonFlc, dbo.TblJoinSermonLocation.MeetingName, dbo.TblLocation.Location, dbo.TblLocation.Pastors, dbo.TblLocation.Address, dbo.TblLocation.City, dbo.TblLocation.State, dbo.TblLocation.Zip, dbo.TblLocation.Country, dbo.TblLocation.
Phone, dbo.TblLocation.Email, dbo.TblLocation.WebAddress
FROM dbo.TblLocation RIGHT OUTER JOIN dbo.TblJoinSermonLocation ON dbo.TblLocation.ID = dbo.TblJoinSermonLocation.Location RIGHT OUTER JOIN dbo.TblSermon ON dbo.TblJoinSermonLocation.Sermon = dbo.TblSermon.ID
WHERE (dbo.TblSermon.Date >= { fn NOW() })
ORDER BY dbo.TblSermon.Date, dbo.TblSermon.Time";
$stmt = $dbh->prepare($sql);
$stmt->execute();
$stmt->setFetchMode(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
foreach ($stmt as $row) {
echo "<pre>";
print_r($row);
echo "</pre>";
}
unset($row);
$dbh = null;
}
catch(PDOException $e) {
echo $e->getMessage();
}
?>
So, as it loops through the query results, it creates an array for each record and ends up like this:
Array
(
[Day] => Tuesday
[Date] => 2012-10-30 00:00:00.000
[Time] => 07:00 PM
[Speaker] => Keith Moore
[Location] => The Ark Church
[Pastors] => Alan & Joy Clayton
[Address] => 450 Humble Tank Rd.
[City] => Conroe
[State] => TX
[Zip] => 77305.0
[Phone] => (936) 756-1988
[Email] =>
[email protected]
[WebAddress] => http://www.thearkchurch.org
)
Array
(
[Day] => Wednesday
[Date] => 2012-10-31 00:00:00.000
[Time] => 07:00 PM
[Speaker] => Keith Moore
[Location] => The Ark Church
[Pastors] => Alan & Joy Clayton
[Address] => 450 Humble Tank Rd.
[City] => Conroe
[State] => TX
[Zip] => 77305.0
[Phone] => (936) 756-1988
[Email] =>
[email protected]
[WebAddress] => http://www.thearkchurch.org
)
Array
(
[Day] => Tuesday
[Date] => 2012-11-06 00:00:00.000
[Time] => 07:00 PM
[Speaker] => Keith Moore
[Location] => Fellowship Of Faith Christian Center
[Pastors] => Michael & Joan Kalstrup
[Address] => 18999 Hwy. 59
[City] => Oakland
[State] => IA
[Zip] => 51560.0
[Phone] => (712) 482-3455
[Email] =>
[email protected]
[WebAddress] => http://www.fellowshipoffaith.cc
)
Array
(
[Day] => Wednesday
[Date] => 2012-11-14 00:00:00.000
[Time] => 07:00 PM
[Speaker] => Keith Moore
[Location] => Faith Family Church
[Pastors] => Michael & Barbara Cameneti
[Address] => 8200 Freedom Ave NW
[City] => Canton
[State] => OH
[Zip] => 44720.0
[Phone] => (330) 492-0925
[Email] =>
[WebAddress] => http://www.myfaithfamily.com
)
As you can see, The Ark Church and its associated contact information is duplicated, so when I work with those arrays and output them to the page, I see a bunch of duplicate content.
I'd like to remove the duplicate information so that I get results similar to this:
The Ark Church
Alan & Joy Clayton
450 Humble Tank Rd.
Conroe, TX 77305
(936) 756-1988
[email protected]
http://www.thearkchurch.org
Meetings:
Tuesday, 2012-10-30 07:00 PM
Wednesday, 2012-10-31 07:00 PM
Fellowship Of Faith Christian Center
Michael & Joan Kalstrup
18999 Hwy. 59
Oakland, IA 51560
(712) 482-3455
[email protected]
http://www.fellowshipoffaith.cc
Meetings:
Tuesday, 2012-11-06 07:00 PM
Faith Family Church
Michael & Barbara Cameneti
8200 Freedom Ave NW
Canton, OH 44720
(330) 492-0925
http://www.myfaithfamily.com
Meetings:
Wednesday, 2012-11-14 07:00 PM
It doesn't necessarily have to end up like that (I'm not looking for code specific for these results, but a concept of how to not show the duplicated information). I'm assuming that an additional foreach or while will do it, but I haven't figured out any logic that says <?php if ($location == $previouslocation) echo ""; ?>.
